Toy vehicle having severable individual attachments



G. DAUGHERTY TOY VEHICLE HAVING SEVERABLE INDIVIDUAL ATTACHMENTS Filed Sept. 13.,fil94'7 2 Sheets-Sheet l TOY VEHICLE HAVING SEVERABLE INDIVIDUAL ATTACHMENTS Filed se tfi- 11, 194'I Oct. 3, 1950 s. w. DAUGHERTY 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 3, 1950 UNITED STATES PTENT OFFICE TOY VEHICLE HAVING SEVERABLE INDIVIDUAL ATTACHMENTS George W. Daugherty, Marengo, Iowa Application September 11, 1947, Serial No. 773,363

Claims.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a childs toy that may be assembled or disassembled for use in a variety of ways.

A further object of this invention is to provide a toy that is instructive and entertaining.

A still further object of my invention is to provide an interestin toy that is safe for use by even the youngest of children.

A still further object of my invention is to pro vide a toy that is economical in manufacture, refined in appearance, and durable in use.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my toy in use.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the toy, taken on line 22 of Fig. 1, and more fully illustrates its construction.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal-sectional view of the toy taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. V 1

Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective viewof the device with some of the parts disassembled;

There are many toys on the market of the build up type. However, most such toys are blocks for making houses or mechanical means. In my toy, I provide an animal and action phase, with each of the parts capable of being used as an individual toy.

Referring to the drawings, I have used the numeral It to designate the cart portion having wheels I I. This cart portion may be of any suitable design, but in the drawings, I show it in the form of achariot. If desired, the child using the toy may use this portion of the device as a vehicle for hauling various appropriate arti cles. The numeral I2 designates a cross bar rigidly secured to the bottom front of the member I3 and extending transversely of the longitudinal length of the same. Extending from each of the ends of the member I2 and rigidly connected thereto are the two vehicle shafts, I3 and I4, respectively. These two spaced apart members I 3 and I4 extend first forwardly, then upwardly and forwardly, and then forwardly, as shown in Fig. 4. The numeral I5 designates the horse receiving and supporting carriage, which consists chiefly of a transversely arranged flat bar having the three spaced apart U-portions I6, I1, and I8, as shown in Fig. 2. The two outer ends of this member I5 are curled to provide receiving cylinders I9 and 20, capable of receiving and frictionally holding the two forward end portions of the members I3 and I4, respectively. The numerals 2!, 22, and 23 designate caster wheels secured to the under side of each of the U-portions I6, I1, and I8, respectively.

.the members I3 and I t are forced into the portions I9 and 2B, the forward end of the cart If], provided it is of the two-wheeled type, will have its forward end supported, thereby making possible 'theturning of the toy in any direction, lhe numeral 25 designates a toy horse, In the drawings I show three such horses, each hav ing an inverted vertical well 25 in its stomach, as shown in Fig. 3. By this arrangement, a horse 25 may be easily and quickly placed in one of the U-portions of the member I5 and with the pintle portion of the caster wheel below it extending into the inverted well 25, the horse will be properly, but detachably, held and supported on the forward carriage portion.- With all three horses so mounted, a toy will be provided as shown in Fig. l. The numeral 27 designates a bail secured to and extending outwardly from the member I5 and to which a string or like 28 may be attached for pulling the toy over a supporting surface. wardly or forwardly or to either side, due to the castering of the wheels El, 22, and 23. However, a youngster will not long play with the toy until he will wish to make up different combinations of the toy. He may easily remove the cart from the front carriage of the device, as shown in Fig. 4, and use this portion of the device separately. On the other hand, he may wish to draw just the three horses mounted in the forward carriage. This latter action is quite lifelike, inasmuch as the feet of the horses are in a plane above the bottoms of the caster wheels and the horses will, therefore, due to instability, slightly bob up and down as this portion of the toy is moved across the floor. Also, the horses may all be removed easily from their supporting carriage and played with individually, or if desired, only one or two of the horses may be placed on the supporting carriage. In some instances, the child will want to use the device entirely without any of the horses. The device consists of five main parts, any one of which may be played with separately or partially assembled or completely assembled into a one-toy unit, as shown in Fig. 1. This selectivity of parts is The toy may be moved backmost entertaining and interesting to the child playing with the toy.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of my improved toy without departing from the real spirit and purpos of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim:

1. In a toy, a wheeled vehicle, two forwardly ex tending spaced apart shafts on said vehicle, a strap member having a U-shaped portion and its two ends bent into a cylinder to frictionally engage the forward end portions of said two shafts respectively, a caster wheel secured on the under side of said U-shaped portion and having its pintle extending upwardly into said U-shaped portion, and a toy horse detachably resting in said U-shaped portion having, an inverted well in its center portion embracing said pintle; said U- shaped portion with caster wheel, said toy horse and said wheeled vehicle each designed respectively to be capable of use as individual toys at times.

2. In a toy, a wheeled vehicle, two spaced apart shafts secured to said vehicle extending forwardly and upwardly and then directly forwardly, a strap member having a U-shaped portion andits two ends bent into a cylinder to frictionally engage the forward end portions of said two shafts respectively, a caster wheel secured on the under side of said U-shaped portion and having its pintleextending upwardly into said U-shaped portion, and a toy horse detachably resting in said U-shaped portion having an inverted well in its center portion embracing said pintle; .said U- shaped portion with caster wheel, said toy horse and said wheeled vehicle each designed respec tively to be capable of use as individual toys .at times.

3. In a toy, a wheeled vehicle, two spaced apart forwardly extending shafts secured to said vehicle, a strap member having a plurality of spaced apart Ushaped portions and with each of its ends bent to form a cylinder for frictionally engaging the two ends of said shafts respectively, a caster Wheel on the bottom of each of said U- shaped portions having their pintles extending into the U-shaped portion to which they are adjacent, and a toyhorse detachably restingin each of said U-shaped portions and having an inverted well embracing the pintle withinthat respective U-shaped portion; said U-shaped portion with caster wheel, said toy horse and said wheeled vehicle each designed respectively to be capable of use as individual toys at times.

4. In a toy, a wheeled vehicle, two spaced apart forwardly extending shafts secured to said vehicle, a strap member having a plurality of spaced apart U-shaped portions and with each of its ends bent to form a cylinder for frictionally engaging the two ends of said shafts respectively, a caster wheel on the bottom of each of said U-shaped portions having their pintles extending into the U-shaped portion to which they are adjacent, a toy horse detachably resting in each of said U- shaped portions and having an inverted well embracing the pintle within that respective U- shaped portion, and a bail member secured to said strap member and extending to a point forward of said toy horse; said U-shaped portion with caster wheel, said toy horse and said wheeled vehicle each designed respectively to be capable of use as individual toys at times.

5. In a toy, a wheeled vehicle, two spaced apart forwardly extending shafts secured to said vehicle, a strap member having three spaced apart U-shaped portions and with each of its ends bent to form a cylinder for frictionally engaging the two ends of said shafts respectively, a caster wheel on the bottom of each of said U-shaped portions having their pintles extending into the U-shaped portion to which they are adjacent, and a toy horse detachably resting in each of said U-shaped portions and having an inverted well embracing the pintle within that respective U-shaped portion; said U-shaped portion with caster wheel, said toy horse and said wheeled vehicle each designed respectively to be capable of use as individual toys at times.

GEORGE W. DAUGHERTY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS De Lemme Jan. 3, 

